I don't let my daughter who is just a recreational player and her friends use my "match frames". I have 8 or 9 frames that they can chose from. Rackets are cheap. Buy several cheap pre strung frames from Walmart and have those available. Pretty simple.

It's real. I just made that stencil a couple of weeks ago.
When I was working at a x-ray lab a few weeks ago for a few days, I was issued an ID tag which has this radioactive warning sign, and there I got the inspiration.

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no. i once let a teammate back in high school borrow a ps85 and he returned it the next day with a crack. he didn't say anything until i approached him, and then he said, "oh, yeah, i accidentally let go of it when i hit an overhead so the head is cracked a bit". after that, i no longer let anyone borrow any of my personal racquets that i personally use. i keep an extra aluminum frame for friends sometimes that i don't care about if they break or scratch it. but in terms of my ps85 sticks i bring, no one touches them.

no. i once let a teammate back in high school borrow a ps85 and he returned it the next day with a crack. he didn't say anything until i approached him, and then he said, "oh, yeah, i accidentally let go of it when i hit an overhead so the head is cracked a bit". after that, i no longer let anyone borrow any of my personal racquets that i personally use. i keep an extra aluminum frame for friends sometimes that i don't care about if they break or scratch it. but in terms of my ps85 sticks i bring, no one touches them.

I've always wondered what I would do if my opponent asked to borrow my second racquet during a league match.

I have two racquets, and they are not cheap. The opponent is a stranger to me; I've no idea whether they have the moral fiber to replace things that they break.

Yet there they would be with a broken racquet in their hand, looking longingly at the racquet handle sticking out of my bag.

Anybody ever lend your racquet to an opponent so they can try and beat you with it?

in my opinion, it is everyone's responsibility to come prepared to play, regardless if they have a broken string or not. pete sampras during the 1993 us open final against cedric pioline played a set with broken strings because he popped all the strings of his racquets in his bag. cedric pioline didn't lend him any of his racquets, so sampras had to play with the best popped stick until his racquets were restrung.

...pete sampras during the 1993 us open final against cedric pioline played a set with broken strings because he popped all the strings of his racquets in his bag. cedric pioline didn't lend him any of his racquets, so sampras had to play with the best popped stick until his racquets were restrung.

Interesting. Did you watch that match? Which set did Sampras play with broken strings? Sampras won that match 6-4 6-4 6-3.

I only let my friend Steven, and he's like my brother... Actually I was playing him in a tournament once and I was winning so I let him borrow my racquet. He ended up winning and after he hit with it a few more times, he switched racquets. No joke.

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Last edited by kingdaddy41788 : 04-02-2007 at 12:35 AM.
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I only let people who respects rackets and who i trust. Also before i give it to them i think about these things.
1. Are they going to take care( no scratches, out of rain etc)
2. If they do damage it, are they willing to pay for the repair costs
3. Are they going to steal it?
4. Who the hell are they?

Interesting. Did you watch that match? Which set did Sampras play with broken strings? Sampras won that match 6-4 6-4 6-3.

yes, i did watch the match, but i don't recall what set sampras was playing with popped strings. i was just learning about tennis during that year, so i didn't really know how to keep score during that time. my buddy who was teaching me about tennis pointed it out to me that sampras was playing with popped strings, and later the camera showed someone bringing sampras his racquets during the match.